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Memoirs of Paulina (Widder) Fábry, born in Boldogkőváralja, Hungary, 1880, regarding her experiences in Budapest

Memoirs of Paulina (Widder) Fábry, born in Boldogkőváralja, Hungary, 1880, regarding her experiences in Budapest Life in Budapest during the German occupation, 19 March 1944; restrictions on the Jews including yellow badge, ban on going out into the streets excepting for certain hours and the dismissal of servants from Jewish families; transfer of valuables to a non-Jewish woman and eviction from her home, 28 June 1944; transfer to a marked house (marked with a Jewish star) on Aréna Street, house no. 108; receiving a letter from her mother, June 1944; notification by her mother of her deportation together...

File Number : 108

Type of Material : Memoirs

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of György Beretvás, born in Budapest, Hungary in 1905, regarding his experiences during service in a labor battalion in Budapest, and in Oranienburg, Sachsenhausen, Ohrdruf and other camps He presents himself to the authorities for forced labor in a labor battalion in Budapest on 01/06/1944; labor in the labor battalion in Budapest in a [military] food storeroom; he obtains a protective document from the Swiss Embassy; they are put into freight cars at a railroad station in Józsefváros in Budapest on 01/12/1944; life en route for ten days, including receiving food twice; transfer to Hegyeshalom;...

File Number : 565

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Miklós Benedek, born in Sajószentpéter, Hungary in 1922, regarding his experiences during service in a labor battalion in Felsőhangony and Budapest, and in Buchenwald, Neubrandenburg and other camps Deportation to forced labor in labor battalion 11/3 in Felsőhangony in October 1943; he obtains a Swiss Embassy protective document on 08/11/1944; transfer to Budapest for service in labor battalion 701/26; implementation of labor, in odd jobs; they receive thinned-out food; transfer to Buchenwald in December 1944; life en route in a freight car with approximately 80 inmates inside for 18 days;...

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : German

Testimony of László Erdős, born in Újpest, Hungary in 1904, regarding his experiences during service in a labor battalion in Kósd and Budapest, and in Balf, Mauthausen and other camps

Testimony of László Erdős, born in Újpest, Hungary in 1904, regarding his experiences during service in a labor battalion in Kósd and Budapest, and in Balf, Mauthausen and other camps He presents himself to the authorities at the draft center, for forced labor in the labor battalion in Vác on 17/04/1944; transfer to Kósd; life in Kósd for a month; transfer to Budapest where he is attached to the "Légo" labor battalion (Légoltalmi mentő százd / a battalion that worked in air-raid defense [?] or in the rescue of people during air-raids?); he obtains a Swiss Embassy protective document; transfer to a railroad...

File Number : 2850

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Imre Berger, born in Újpest, Hungary in 1912, regarding his experiences during service in a labor battalion in Vác and Mosonmagyaróvár, and in Bruck an der Leitha, Mauthausen and other camps Deportation to forced labor in service in a labor battalion for 18 months [it does not say when]; [release from forced labor in the battalion]; transfer to forced labor in a labor battalion in Vác on 26/05/1944; transfer to Mosonmagyaróvár; transfer to Almásfüzitő; labor in Almásfüzitő as a blacksmith in a factory; hostile treatment by the engineer Kálóczy [first name unknown] and the gendarmes; beatings,...

File Number : 2848

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Sándor Mermelstein, born in Csaroda, Hungary in 1911, regarding his experiences during service in labor battalions in Kisvárda and Kemecse, and in Buchenwald, Dachau and other camps

Testimony of Sándor Mermelstein, born in Csaroda, Hungary in 1911, regarding his experiences during service in labor battalions in Kisvárda and Kemecse, and in Buchenwald, Dachau and other camps Deportation to forced labor in service in a labor battalion in Kisvárda in September 1940; transfer to Kemecse; labor in Kemecse, in construction; decent treatment by Hungarian soldiers; residence in the homes of local families; labor for eight hours a day; release from forced labor in service to the army in 1940; transfer back to forced labor in service in a labor battalion in Bácska in May 1941; labor in Bácska,...

File Number : 2847

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Kornélné Barta, born in Budapest, Hungary in 1890, regarding her experiences in protected houses in Budapest, in the Budapest Ghetto, in Bergen-Belsen camp and Tröbitz

Testimony of Kornélné Barta, born in Budapest, Hungary in 1890, regarding her experiences in protected houses in Budapest, in the Budapest Ghetto, in Bergen-Belsen camp and Tröbitz [Life in a protected house in Budapest?]; detention by Arrow Cross Party men in November 1944 (despite her possessing a Swiss Embassy protective document); transfer to Jókai tér Street in Budapest; transfer to a brick factory in Óbuda; tearing up of her protective document; life in the brick factory for five days; transfer to the Dohány Street Synagogue; release [from forced labor] due to a regulation related to women who are age...

File Number : 2844

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Izsó Herzfeld, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1903, regarding his experiences in a labor battalion in Jászberény and Budapest and in Fertőrákos and Balf camps and more

Testimony of Izsó Herzfeld, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1903, regarding his experiences in a labor battalion in Jászberény and Budapest and in Fertőrákos and Balf camps and more Deportation to forced labor in a labor battalion in Jászberény, 04 June 1944; labor in the Pusztamizse agricultural farm; transfer to Budapest, 19 August 1944; labor there in clearing rubble; being subjected to torture by István Dedik, a Hungarian soldier; the battalion obtaining a protective certificate from the Swiss Embassy, November 1944; deportation to the Józsefváros railroad station, 27 November 1944; being loaded onto freight...

File Number : 2802

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Dezső Schönberger, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1923, regarding his experiences in a labor battalion in Budapest and in Balf, Mauthausen and Günskirchen camps

Testimony of Dezső Schönberger, born in Budapest, Hungary, 1923, regarding his experiences in a labor battalion in Budapest and in Balf, Mauthausen and Günskirchen camps Deportation to forced labor in Labor Battalion No. 101/304, Budapest, October 1944; the commander of the battalion: Dr. Péter Pál Schaurer; labor in the Légo (Légoltalmi mentő százd-air-raid rescue battalion); the battalion receiving a protective certificate of the Swiss Embassy; deportation to the Józsefváros railroad station in Budapest, 27 November 1944; being handed over, together with approximately 5,000 people, to SS soldiers; being...

File Number : 2744

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

Testimony of Ferenc Kálmán, born in Kisvárda, Hungary, 1907, regarding his experiences in a labor battalion in Székesfehérvár, Budapest and Vecsés and in Bergen-Belsen and more

Testimony of Ferenc Kálmán, born in Kisvárda, Hungary, 1907, regarding his experiences in a labor battalion in Székesfehérvár, Budapest and Vecsés and in Bergen-Belsen and more Life in a labor battalion in the Transylvania area, September-December 1940; release from forced labor; additional deportation to forced labor in a labor battalion, June 1942; life in the battalion including receiving tolerable conditions/treatment [not clear from text], until 24 June 1943; life under the command of Dr. Juhász [his first name is not known]; release from the battalion; deportation to forced labor in Labor Battalion No....

File Number : 2742

Type of Material : Testimony

Language : Hungarian

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